Weekly Wrap-Up: October 06-10 Coming up: Mix N' Mentor Beirut Get ready to Mix N' Mentor, Beirut! This Saturday, October 12th, we'll be launching the new format of Mix... Wamda • 11 October, 2013
Startup news ticker: apps2you launches new app; Khalifa Fund organizes an SME event; new training program for women entrepreneurs Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick... Wamda • 10 October, 2013 ticker
Vivek Wadwha: what Silicon Valley can and can't teach emerging markets A recent discussion between Vivek Wadwha, Vice President of Innovation and Research at Singularity University, and Dick Costolo, CEO of... Gulay Ozkan • 10 October, 2013 Diversity Expert Advice Advice
Not another cupcake shop: Bahrain's women entrepreneurs debate what local startups need If there’s one place in the Arab world one can go to understand the complex relationship between women, government, and entrepreneurship i... Nina Curley • 10 October, 2013 Ecosystem
Can internet giants bring down the cost of connectivity? Update: Egypt's internet penetration rate is currently around 44%. Today, nearly two thirds of the world’s population does not have access ... Glen Dalakian II • 10 October, 2013 Internet growth Telecommunication Trends
Interact Egypt offers affordable social media marketing courses for entrepreneurs Egyptian entrepreneurs can finally attend professional training courses on key topics related to the marketing of their own startups at... Hanan Solayman • 10 October, 2013 Egypt Workshops Digital Media
Visualizing Palestine unites activism and entrepreneurship In 2009, Ramzi Jaber quit his job as a civil engineer in Jerusalem to organize TEDxRamallah. Upon moving to Ramallah to begin work on the... Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 09 October, 2013 indiegogo palestine Crowdfunding
LinkedIn goes Orientalist with new Middle East infographic LinkedIn's new infographic doesn't tell you much you won't know already, if you've read their recent data on the Middle East, but it does... Nina Curley • 09 October, 2013 LinkedIn Social Networks
Moms love mobile ads more than you do [Report] It has become somewhat of a cliche to say that the future of the internet is mobile. And even though smartphone users say that mobile ads... Maya Rahal • 09 October, 2013 mobile advertising Mobile Women
Pioneers of Egypt Award, promoting social entrepreneurship, enters second round After the 2011 start of the Egyptian revolution and the subsequent unrest, social entrepreneurship organizations exploded onto the... Hanan Solayman • 09 October, 2013
Global WhatsApp hacked by Palestinian group via another DNS hijack After a group of four hackers took down Google Palestine last month by redirecting visitors to a different website, AVG and WhatsApp were... Reine Farhat • 08 October, 2013 Hackers
Guy Kawasaki’s top 11 mistakes made by entrepreneurs [Video] As one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing the Macintosh computer in 1984, Guy Kawasaki has since started his own... Glen Dalakian II • 08 October, 2013 Venture Capital Expert Advice Tips
Bahraini antique furniture startup eyes regional expansion Two years ago, childhood friends Sara Sayyar and Mariam Fathi started a business based on their passion for “all things old and broken... y... Leena AlOlaimy • 08 October, 2013 manama riyadat mall furniture
Can the Arab region keep up with the rise of the social media profession? [Infographic] Social media use has exploded over the past few years, so much so that today, a "social media manager" is taken for granted as a job... Maya Rahal • 08 October, 2013 LinkedIn Infographic Social Networks
Edgy streetwear brand challenges sedate Egyptian fashion market Young Egyptian streetwear brand Krak Baby has successfully brought 1990s-revival trucker hats and graphic t-shirts to the local fashion... Ahmed Gabr • 08 October, 2013
Aramex, Google, PayPal, and ShopGo launch EZStore.me to help offline retailers go online With 30 million people shopping online today in the Middle East and North Africa, in a market expected to reach $15 billion by 2015,... Nina Curley • 07 October, 2013 E-commerce
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